Kalavakollu Dhana Lakshmi v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
WP/6031/2026 · 2026-03-02
Cheekati Manavendranath Roy, Tuhin Kumar Gedela
body2026
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3558] TUESDAY,THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TUHIN KUMAR GEDELA WRIT PETITION NO: 6031/2026 Between:
1. KALAVAKOLLU DHANA LAKSHMI,, W/O. KALAVAKOLLU GOPI RAJU, AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS, R/O. D.NO.5-79, RAMALAYAM STREET, BETHAPUDI GRAMAM
MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR DISTRICT - 522503. ...PETITIONER AND
1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT-522238. 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, A.P-522503
3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, GUNTUR DISTRICT, A.P-
522002. 4. THE SUBINSPECTOR OF POLICE, MANGALAGIRI RURAL P.S, GUNTUR DISTRICT, A.P-522503. 5. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, MANGALAGIRI RURAL P.S, GUNTUR DISTRICT, A.P-522503. ...RESPONDENT(S):
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Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased tomay be pleased to issue an order, writ or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Habeas Corpus, directing the Respondents No. 4 and 5 to produce the husband of the Petitioner herein viz., Mr. Kalavakollu Gopi Raju, aged about 34 years, R/o.D.No.5-79, Ramalayam Street, 3rd Ward, Bethapudi Gramam, Mangalagiri, Guntur District - 522503 and direct the Respondents No.2 and 3 herein to initiate necessary action against the Respondents Nos.4 and 5 for the illegal detention of the detenue and pass such Counsel for the Petitioner:
1. CKR ASSOCIATES Counsel for the Respondent(S):
1. THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following:
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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TUHIN KUMAR GEDELA WRIT PETITION NO: 6031/2026
ORDER: (Per Sri Justice Cheekati Manavendranath Roy)
Seeking direction to the respondents 4 and 5 – Police officials to produce the corpus by name Mr.Kalavakollu Gopi Raju, who is the husband of the petitioner alleged to have been illegally detained by the respondents 4 and 5 before the Court and to set the corpus at liberty, the instant writ petition for Habeas Corpus has been filed by the petitioner. 2. When the matter is taken up for admission today, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the corpus is now released after issuance of notice under Section 179 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short, 8the BNS9) yesterday i.e. on 02.03.2026. 3.
Learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents 1 to 5 also submits, on instructions, that in a crime registered against the corpus along with others, a notice under Section 179 of the BNS was issued to him and thereafter, he was sent away. In that view of the matter, nothing survives in this writ petition for adjudication. 4
4. Therefore, recording the aforesaid submissions of both the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for the State, the Writ Petition is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, Interlocutory Applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________________________ JUSTICE CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY
_____________________________ JUSTICE TUHIN KUMAR GEDELA
Date: 03.03.2026 KA
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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TUHIN KUMAR GEDELA
WRIT PETITION NO: 6031/2026
Date: 03.03.2026 KA
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